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Urgent Action: Person with mental disability faces execution in Pakistan
Imdad Ali, a death row prisoner with a mental disability, is at imminent risk of execution. He was convicted of the murder of a religious teacher in 2002.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Six men face death sentence after unfair trial in Egypt
Egypt’s defence minister has ratified the death sentences of six civilian men tried by a military court in a case marred by enforced disappearances and torture and other ill-treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Oct 2016 -
European Parliament set to vote on new regulation to stop trade in torture equipmentPress release 03 Oct 2016
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Boris Johnson speech: Foreign Secretary needs to 'raise his game' on Britons jailed in IranPress release 30 Sep 2016
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Boris urgently needs to put Nazanin and Kamal on his agendaNew UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has a real opportunity to show that he's serious about standing up for the rights of UK citizens around the world. So far he's failed to speak out for people like Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran.
Blog post 30 Sep 2016 -
Israel/Palestine: pattern of unlawful killings of Palestinians - new memoPress release 28 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action: Falun Gong practitioner said to have been tortured in China
Falun Gong practitioner Chen Huixia was unable to stand or walk after being tortured, according to a fellow detainee. Suffering from chronic illness and poor health, she currently has no access to her family or a lawyer.
Urgent action outcomes 28 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Killings continue under President Duterte in Philippines
Approximately 3000 people have been killed by police and unknown vigilantes in the Philippines since President Duterte came into power on 30 June.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Thirteen men at risk of Execution in Japan
Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult are now at risk of execution in Japan, following the conclusion of the trials of other cult members.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Burundian journalist is still missing
Burundian journalist, Jean Bigirimana, is still missing, two months after he was reported to have been arrested by security forces outside the capital, Bujumbura.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Thirteen men at risk of execution in Japan
Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult are now at risk of execution in Japan, following the conclusion of the trials of other cult members. The 13 men were found guilty of and sentenced to death for carrying out a deadly sarin gas attack in the Tokyo…
19 Sep 2016 -
UK troop abuse: MoD apology in Basra canal drowning case 'long overdue'Press release 16 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action: Death sentence for juvenile offender in Saudi Arabia
A Saudi Arabian Shi’a man has been sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for offences that occurred when he was 16 years old. He says he was held incommunicado in solitary confinement for five months and tortured into “confessing”.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Sep 2016 -
Iraq: Kurdistan must end 'shocking' two-year-long detention of Yezidi motherPress release 12 Sep 2016
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Urgent Action update: Egyptian released after torture and dissappearence
Islam Khalil, a 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture, was released on 31 August by the National Security Agency, 10 days after the prosecution ordered his release on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Opposition leader faces imminent execution in Bangladesh
The Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal of Mir Quasem Ali and upheld his death sentence. The only remaining avenue available to him is to seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Mir Quasem Ali, a senior member of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 3 September. The Supreme Court rejected his review petition on 30 August and he did not seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Beaten and still detained after bail was paid in Egypt
One week since Islam Khalil’s bail of 50,000 Egyptian pounds (US$5,510) was paid, the 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture has yet to be released.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: 14-Year-Old Egyptian boy tortured to confess
Egypt’s National Security Agency subjected 14-year-old Aser Mohamed to enforced disappearance for 34 days. The boy claims that he was tortured and ill-treated to confess to offences he did not commit.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2016
